Bustamonte

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 ISRAEL BUSTAMONTE, Case No. 22-cv-04725-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANTS

v. TO INVESTIGATE RECEIPT AND

DELIVERY OF MAIL;

T. CASTILLON, et al., INSTRUCTIONS TO CLERK Defendants. Re: Dkt. No.

13 Plaintiff Mr. Bustamonte has filed a letter expressing concern that the Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”) failed to send out his mail in connection with this action. Dkt. No. 72. Specifically, Mr. Bustamonte describes two recent occasions on which he attempted to have declarations delivered to defense counsel, in compliance with defendants’ discovery requests and this Court’s order, but that defendants’ counsel reported she never received them. Id. at 1. He further states that he suspects that officers at SVSP are deliberately interfering with sending out his mail. Id. at 1-2. Mr. Bustamonte has a constitutional right to send and receive mail,…